“We do not need any license from any Israeli side,” said its spokesman and lawyer, Zahy Nujeidat.

Katz has already raised the issue on a number of occasions, and the office of the transportation minister communicated to the Post that in private conversations with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a few months ago, he had agreed and said the situation was indeed absurd.

Welfare and Social Services Minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) had commented at the time that the Islamic Movement incites among the Beduin in the South and causes radicalization, which needs to be prevented, noted Katz’s office.

Katz’s proposal came up in the discussion over a Ministerial Committee for the Non-Jewish Sector, which was formed on Sunday, following a ministerial vote.

Netanyahu will lead the panel, and Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri (Yesh Atid) will be acting chairman.

The committee will deal with issues connected to the minority population in matters including employment, welfare, education, health and economic development. Its goal is to integrate non-Jewish citizens into society and the economy.

“The State of Israel should begin a real revolution in budgeting resources for the Arab population and act for full equality between all citizens of Israel - Arab and Jewish,” Peri said.

The minister called his new position an important one, which he plans to use to correct injustices toward the Israeli-Arab population.

“The great potential in the Arab population in Israel is priceless and the committee will make sure it comes to fruition,” Peri added.

Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu, co-executive director of the Abraham Fund Initiatives, told the Post: “We welcome the decision of the government and we think it is an important move in the right direction.”

The important thing, he said, is that the committee will coordinate between all the government ministries and include Arab representatives from academia, MKs and so on.

The committee should avoid being dominated by Jews only, since it is not advisable to deal with the Arab sector without senior Arab leaders.

Asked about Katz’s initiative to ban the Islamic Movement, Be’eri-Sulitzeanu responded that “instead of taking unrealistic positions, the government should find ways to start a dialogue with the movement.”

“The Islamic Movement is part of Arab society,” even if the government does not agree with everything it says, he added, noting that such a ban “will not cause its support to disappear.”